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Autore |
Los Bettelou |
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Titolo |
A Historical Syntax of English |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Syntax |
English language - History |
Philology & Linguistics |
Languages & Literatures |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1 Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2 Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic. |
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